Suicide bomber attacks troop convoy in central Afghanistan, 2 civilians killed

September 19th, 2009 Danish soldier killed in southern AfghanistanCOPENHAGEN — A Danish soldier was killed and another injured after they came under fire during a patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Danish military said Saturday. Kim Grunberger of The Army Operational Command said the troops were patrolling on foot in Afghanistan's Helmand province when they came under attack from insurgents.

September 17th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide attack against an Italian military convoy shook the Afghan capital Kabul Thursday, leaving six soldiers and at least three civilians dead and 38 others wounded, officials said. The defence ministry in Rome and the Italian military in Afghanistan said that six of its soldiers, members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), were killed in the attack, which took place in the eastern part of the city on the road leading to Kabul's international airport.

September 5th, 2009 KUNDUZ - Three German soldiers were injured in a suicide bombing Saturday in northern Afghanistan, a day after a German-ordered airstrike in which dozens of people were killed in the same province. The bomber blew himself up in an explosives-packed car, said Mohammad Omar, governor of Kunduz province.

August 18th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide bomber attacked an international military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday, killing six people and wounding 44 others, officials said. Another bomber attacked an army checkpoint in the southern province of Uruzgan, killing five people.

July 16th, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 3 police in AfghanistanKABUL — A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden station wagon into a police convoy in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing three police, the Interior Ministry said. Four other police officers were wounded in the morning attack in Nimroz province's Khashord district, the ministry said in a statement.

July 9th, 2009 Iraq suicide bomber kills 15BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and injured 40 near a judge's house in the northern town of Tal Afar. A police officer and an official in the provincial command center say the attack occurred at around 6:30 a.m.

July 6th, 2009 4 US soldier killed in AfghanistanKABUL — A roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan killed four American soldiers Monday, while a suicide attack in the south killed two civilians, officials said. The bombing in the northern Kunduz province targeted an American military convoy, said Kunduz Gov.

June 23rd, 2009 Bomb attacks kill 5 Afghan civiliansKABUL — Five Afghan civilians were killed by bomb attacks Tuesday — two caught in a blast aimed at a military convoy and three aid workers whose vehicle hit a roadside bomb. Early Tuesday, a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of international troops in central Ghazni province, ramming into them on a highway about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) west of Ghazni city, said Ismail Jahangir, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

June 22nd, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 5 civilians in AfghanistanKABUL — A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed five civilians Monday when he drove into the center of an eastern Afghan city and set off his explosives. It was unclear who the bomber was targeting when he detonated his bomb in front of Khost city's electric power headquarters, said Tahir Khan Sabari, the deputy governor of Khost province.

June 22nd, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 6 civilians in AfghanistanKABUL — A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed six civilians Monday when he drove into the center of an eastern Afghan city and set off explosives. It was unclear who the bomber was targeting when he detonated a bomb on his motorbike in front of Khost city's electric power headquarters and then explosives on his body a few minutes later, said Kuchi Naseri, a spokesman for the governor of Khost province.

May 10th, 2009 Afghanistan suicide bombs kill, wound at least 20KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A double suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan has killed and wounded at least 20 police, soldiers and civilians. Helmand deputy provincial police chief Kamaluddin Khan says the attack began when a first suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a taxi stand in the town of Gereshk.

May 4th, 2009 KABUL - A mayor, three of his bodyguards and three civilians were killed Monday when a suicide bomber attacked a government building in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. The attack in front of the municipal office in Metarlam, the capital of Laghman province, took place as the mayor was entering his office, provincial government spokesman Sayed Ahmad Safi said.

May 4th, 2009 KABUL - A provincial mayor along with six others were killed in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan Monday, while 15 civilians, six private security guards and two Taliban militants were killed in separate attacks elsewhere in the country, officials said. In the latest attack, a mayor, three of his bodyguards and three civilians were killed and three civilians were wounded Monday when a suicide bomber attacked the municipal office in Metarlam, the capital of Laghman province, the interior ministry statement said.

March 2nd, 2009 KABUL - An Afghan child was killed and five civilians were wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan, while eight militants were killed in two clashes elsewhere in the country, officials said Sunday. The bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle near a convoy of NATO forces outside of Nangahar provincial capital Sunday, wounding six people including three children, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the provincial governor said.

February 11th, 2009 KABUL - Two suicide attacks in eastern and western Afghanistan killed two Afghan security personnel and wounded 12 others, officials said Thursday. A suicide bomber with explosives strapped to his body attacked the provincial police headquarters Thursday in southeastern province of Paktika, killing one policeman, the interior ministry said in a statement.